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There is a cylindrical shape sweet potato with an initial uniform temperature of 25°C and it has an average diameter of 70 mm and length of
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There is a cylindrical shape sweet potato with an initial uniform temperature of 25°C and it has an average diameter of 70 mm and length of 150 mm. Thermal conductivity and diffusivity of the sweet potato are 0.62 W/m · °C and 0.2 x 10-6 m2/s, respectively. It is to be cooled by refrigerated air at 1.8°C. The average heat transfer coefficient between the potato and the air is 25 W/m2 · °C. Determine how long it will take for the center temperature of the potato to drop to 5.5°C.
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2021-08-29T09:25:06+00:00
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Explanation:
The given data is as follows.
k = 0.62
, 
h = 25
, 
First, we will calculate the value of
as follows.
=
= 0.7056
Since, 0.7056 is greater than 0.1.
As,
= 0.159
= 0.16
Also here,
T = 46.18 hrs
Thus, we can conclude that it will take 46.18 hrs for the center temperature of the potato to drop to
.